I just re-upped the hosting account for 3 more years, so even if Deadpan ends, you’ll be able to keep coming around here until at least July of 2016… Unless Jack takes his toys and goes home (and deletes the site) when it ends. 😉

Jack liked my DotF choice. He wondered if I could get a “team mush” for this little guy so I’m posting the arguments I sent to Jack for all of you to debate.

I would like to put in my argument to add Mush to the Duel of the Fates
This little character makes regular appearances on Deadpan both in the comments and the podcast itself.
This guy sits unassuming on an end table. But really, there is more to it than meets the eye.

Better Look:
Ok, so maybe mush doesn’t look so great but it’s the images this brings to mind. Whenever you hear “Goodnight mush” you automatically think of a peaceful room, maybe a warm bed. What looks better in your mind than that?

Love Prowess:
What exactly is this mush of? If people can screw an apple pie, why not mush? Maybe the mush is a result of said screwing of apple pie. What can be more sexual than that?

Winning in a fight:
a) When you are beaten, your face often looks like mush.
b) Seriously, do you want to be attacked by mush? Yuck.

And this is great stuff. We can take the debates here and to FB for lots of meta, but ultimately, we’ll use recordings and soudbytes to pit all of the final combatants head-to-head in the Final DotF episode(s).

For more explanation, listen to this Unshow. I suppose I should also write something up. I will.

Ha ha, no, O great Google overlords, I have no ideas who this “ditto” person is, or how his foul blaspheming has come to besmirch this humble website. Ha ha, it must have been a misinformed, unfortunate joke on his part. Poor sap. I hope his heresy doesn’t reflect on the rest of us. You know what they say about one bad apple…

I, on the other hand am overjoyed at the tiny little box in the corner for all of my email drafts, with the weird array of indistinguishable buttons! Brilliant!

Ok look. I’m coming to you as a friend. I beseech, nay beg of you, to watch this video all the way thru. Its 5minutes you never ever ever get back. But I really need someone not to get it back with me. Jesus.

Teresa bought be the new X-Wing miniatures game for Father’s Day, but I haven’t had a chance to play it yet. I may do a play by play tonight of a basic dog fight between one X-Wing and two Tie Fighters. I was pleased to discover an online training video for the game at

Question for the Canadian deadpanites. We have a friend that we want to pick on because he’s bald and we decided that Mr. Clean is the iconic bald guy. The guy in question is Canadian so if there is a better iconic bald guy in Canada it would be fantastic. I assume, however, that the answer will still be Mr. Clean.

Apparently it’s no longer politically correct to direct a joke at any racial or ethnic minority, so try this one:

An Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Ghurkha, a Latvian, a Turk, an Aussie, a German, a Yank, an Egyptian, a Japanese, a Mexican, a Spaniard, a Russian, a Pole, a Lithuanian, a Swede, a Finn, an Israeli, a Romanian, a Bulgarian, a Serb, a Swiss, a Greek, a Singaporean, an Italian, a Norwegian, a Libyan, a Muslim, a Hindu, a Buddhist and an African went to a night club.

The bouncer at the door said, “Sorry, I can’t let you in without a Thai. “

Chester does a pretty good Weiland impression on that tune; I think he’ll handle their classics well. Strange that he’d leave a band that is still kinda “relevant” for a band that’s decade is long gone.

(Careful with your responses; there may be Linkin Park fan club members about)

I call myself an avid fan of Linkin Park and their sound. I was shocked when I first heard the news about Chester joining STP. I hope its a side project like Fort Minor was for Mike Shinoda. I dont think LP’s sound can be replicated well.

I do see LP and (Joe Hahn) continuing with their dabbling in motion picture movie scores…

Ditto- I think Living Things was well-made but a different brand of LP. It is a progression from Minutes to Midnight (which is somber) to A Thousand Suns (which is mature yet angry and beautifully made)

I think the band had too many other projects going when they made their last album, imo

Last night I was going to a play by play of Xwing, but it turned out that I wasn’t as versed on the rules as I would have liked to have been to have a compelling narrative. Instead I’ll give a brief summery. The base game comes with one xwing and two tie fighters. You have your choice of pilots for each craft that offer unique abilities and cost factors. As an introduction to the game I choose Luke Skywalker to pilot the xwing and tie fighter pilots Mauler Mithel and Night Beast. Early in the game Luke made a wrong turn and Night Beast blew up his shields. Luke in turn scored a good hit on Mauler. Night Beast ended his last few turn away from the main dog fight. In the end though Mauler Mithel scored a devastating hit on Luke including a critical hit that blew Luke up. The Force wasn’t with him that day. There is more to the game than simple fights to the death and moving forward I think it will have long term appeal for me and my family. Two thumbs up.

okay … so I know I should have struck up some sophisticated conversation with a tall glass of red wine… or discussed movies with a martini, current events with a glass of scotch or even just hung out with a beer … but no. It was tequilla.
What could I do? She came on so strong, told me everything I wanted to hear, said she wanted the same things I did … and, well, I’m a sucker for the accent.

I know how this ends though … and it’s never good.
Someone forgets to tell me about “the boyfriend” I wake up in an ally behind a dumpster.

This is the first time my phone has ever been within range of a 4G signal. I’m on the 101 going through the San Fernando Valley. The Deadpan page loaded as fast as it does on my cable modem at home, possibly faster. Holy crow! 0_0

Today on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, we’re going to track the elusive 4G. My assistant Jim will stalk a cell phone tower, wrestle it to the ground and then sedate it. At that point, I will install a new tracking device so we can monitor this rare creature and encourage it’s procreation in it’s natural environment.

RED 2 – went an saw it this afternoon. If you liked the first one, you’ll enjoy this – as we did. If the first one didn’t do it for ya, then you probably aren’t going to become a convert with this one.

But, Helen Mirren is even more of a badass in this one than the first. Though, I think my daughter’s going to grow up to become a professional sniper now, based on her inspiration. Well, at least it looks to pay pretty well…

We saw the new Evil Dead on the weekend. It was a good B Horror. A few nods to the original but not a lot like it. Hubby and I had to have a discussion afterwards though as some parts weren’t clear at the beginning and the show didn’t make sense to him until we talked it out.

I think I’ve mentioned before that The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel has been done as a 2-disc series on Netflix? Part 1 was ok… I’m hoping part 2 will closer to the monumental feel of the book. THAT is the Batman-Superman screen pairing I want to see.

I’ll reserve judgment on whatever it is we’re going to get, until I see it. For now, I second the MEH.

Hopefully I wont alienate the Deadpannites here by saying this, but….
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The Royal Baby is coming and I think it is fun to keep up with the Royals, as I have done since Princess Di’s wedding, through the birth of William and Harry, Andrew and Fergie’s wedding, to the birth of Eugenie and Beatrice, through Diana’s scandals, the divorce, her death and watching the boys grow up. Continuing this trend is just part of my life and I hope for a safe delivery and a happy and healthy new family. 🙂

So most of you know my running saga of my employment. The economic downturn hasn’t been especially kind to architects. But after five years of working in a job that pays less than the job I had in 1996, a new offer was extended me from a different architecture firm. I get back my pre-recession pay, and vacation hours and 401k and benefits. Plus, there is plenty of upward mobility. And and and the firm is run by real people, not skesis. WooHoo!

Now I just have to let my current firm know I’m leaving. I should probably wear a helmet.